I need your help!
I was wondering if any of you own or have used the AK120 with the Westone ES5 custume earphones. If yes, please give your impression on this setup. I'm trying to decided between buying the RWAK100 and the AK120 to use with my Weatone.
Do you think the 5 ohm in the AK120 would be an issue with the Westone ES5 20 ohm?

Thank you so much,

Output impedance is only one part of what impact the sound quality. AK120 inherently is on another level compared to the AK100 in terms of sound quality and the measured output is 3.5 (claimed 3) I can't imagine the modified AK100 would sound better. FWIW I own the AK100 and AK120 but only demo'ed the RWAK100.

For those of you who wanted to downgrade to 1.00, please try [removed per Jmoon's request] instead. This version should have the same sound signature found on the 1.00 firmware. Please note this [removed per Jmoon's request] does not include the USB DAC feature nor DSD support.

All of your concerns about the change in SQ have been well noted and have been forwarded to the team. If you still want v1.00 for your AK120, please let me know via PM.

Finally! Big thanks Jmoon and happy to hear our feedbacks made it to the team. Edited by kkcc - 6/19/13 at 2:45am

Look what I got ! Just played a couple of songs, sounds good. The difference is very important with AK100 mod ORIGINAL firmware, less so with Listrid 2.0. But overall I would say more authority and note weight than AK100 mod. I just listened to a couple of songs though...and apparently the player need a bit of burn in. So my AK100 mod is going for sale.

Let us know how the AK120 sounds with SE5. And comparison with TP would be great as well!

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Originally Posted by Mimouille

Look what I got ! Just played a couple of songs, sounds good. The difference is very important with AK100 mod ORIGINAL firmware, less so with Listrid 2.0. But overall I would say more authority and note weight than AK100 mod. I just listened to a couple of songs though...and apparently the player need a bit of burn in. So my AK100 mod is going for sale.

I am happy for you my friend, and I hope my AK120 will be here in the next 2 days, can't wait any longer..

Will ring them today as they were really slow at answering my emails.

What closed headphones are you going to use it with, any impression?Thanks

Thank you ! This cable is the original Tralucent Silver Gold Cable, works wonders with BA iems. Since then, Gavin has a new more ergonomic version which I use with my 1plus2. I use only only iems...ever. :)

I'm not sure if I mentioned it earlier or not in this thread but the 8as pair extremely well on the AK120 with 1.21. I've really come to enjoy the sound the more I've used it. Could also be the gold cable has started to settle in (hadn't used it much until I got the 8As).